Zhao Wei (legal assistant)
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Zhao Wei is a legal assistant who was arrested for political activism, and detained in secret by authorities in China. There were reports that Wei was released in July 2016, but these have not been independently confirmed.[1] A report in January 2017 suggests she is being closely monitored by authorities.[2]
Zhao was taken into secret detention in July 2015, when the government was starting an offensive against human rights lawyers.[3] She was held in the Tianjin No. 1 Detention Center on suspicion of "incitement to subvert state power."[1] At 24 years old, she is thought by observers to be the youngest person detained as part of the crackdown.[4] Before her arrest, she had worked for prominent human rights lawyer Li Heping.[5]